As Twitchy reported earlier, a medical examiner has concluded that Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes the day after the storming of the Capitol, though Twitter medical experts have determined that the stress of that day induced the two strokes that killed him. CNN reported in early February that investigators were “struggling to build a federal murder case” but were “vexed by a lack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death.”
Of course, the initial reports from the New York Times, the Associated Press, and others said that Sicknick had been bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher by a Trump supporter, but in mid-February, the New York Times issued a correction.
Glenn Greenwald went on a rant about the media and about how people with doubts were branded “Sicknick truthers.”
Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who engaged rioters, suffered two strokes and died of natural causes, officials sayhttps://t.co/V9808REzqF
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
" Francisco J. Diaz, the medical examiner, said the autopsy found no evidence the 42-year-old officer suffered an allergic reaction to chemical irritants, which Diaz said would have caused Sicknick’s throat to quickly seize."
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
"Diaz also said there was no evidence of internal or external injuries….Diaz said he could not comment on whether Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition, citing privacy laws."
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
The corporate media lies to you constantly because they only care about pleasing the political ideology and flattering the preconceptions of their audience. Subtsack & similar platforms allow truth to be aired, which is why they hate it.https://t.co/msYDRXoBJ9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
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There's no such thing as a "noble lie," especially in journalism. This particular fabrication made its way into the impeachment trial against Trump and out of Joe Biden's mouth. It was clear from the start it was highly dubious, but few journalists cared: it served its purpose.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
I'll give an hour amnesty to all the group-think drones in corporate media who smeared everyone expressing doubts about the Sicknick Fire Extinguisher story as a "Sicknick Truther." Come forward voluntarily and honorably confront your latest in-group propaganda.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
All the evidence was there from the start that the media lie (which emanated from NYT and then became unquestioned Truth: like the Russia Bounty story) was dubious. But anyone who flagged these was accused of being a pro-insurrectionist fascist, so "journalists" clung to the lie.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
Dem Party loyalists pretending to be journalists is what's killing journalism. This is what they do to anyone who questions their lies. You have to not only have contempt for these people but be lucky enough so that their pitiful tactics don't affect you:https://t.co/LFoJ0yG4lx
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
“He’s full on Sicknick Truther.”
This is how Democrats posing as journalists have trained people to react if you refuse to echo their lies and instead insist on evidence: you're a racist, a fascist, a white nationalist, etc.https://t.co/0PaYcHxstf
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
These people never gave the slightest shit about Brian Sickick. He was a toy to them: they needed to create a lie about how he died because he was the only one they could claim was killed by pro-Trump protesters. So they invented a harrowing story that was complete bullshit.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
Truth.
Find the journalists who prove they're willing and able to tell you the truth no matter the outcomes — whoever that might be — and support them. And realize the model of corporate media, their explicit model, is to lie: to please the political desires of their viewers/readers.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
Look at what these media people are. They do it over and over. They only listen to the same set of liberal media outlets and follow one another on Twitter and they have no idea that it's even possible to question what's put in their brain:https://t.co/XhzwpDFPpj
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
That’s The Week’s national correspondent accusing Greenwald of “flirting with Sicknick trutherism.”
This is what they do everyday. Please internalize what dishonest propagandists they are. They have zero capacity for critical thought and absolutely no integrity. The only care about serving DNC interests. Just look for yourself: pic.twitter.com/Mnqfdv3Clk
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
Here’s Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall:
There's now a Brian Sicknick "truth movement" on the right, which suggests Sicknick either died of natural causes or was murdered to tarnish ex-President Trump. Today this new conspiracy theory made its way to National Review. I trace it to its source. https://t.co/PA0vmZldjN
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 11, 2021
Greenwald is pushing the Sicknick "truth movement" https://t.co/jtyOJfoWi3
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 12, 2021
Remarkable article in NRO. Andrew McCarthy suggests that officer Sicknick likely just happened to die of natural causes on the same day the insurrection occurred. https://t.co/crpCpMwbvD
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 11, 2021
Andrew McCarthy was right. And Sicknick died the next day, so not even that part’s true.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 19, 2021
Sicknick’s brother told ProPublica that Sicknick had texted him Jan. 6 about the riot, saying he had been pepper-sprayed twice but was in “good shape.” That was reported on Jan. 8, but no one seemed to take notice.
It is a shame for Brian Sicknick's relatives to see his death used as a political football.
— Ben Bullock (@benkbullock) April 19, 2021
So the only homicide committed that day was done by the police.
— Geopolog (@Geopolog) April 19, 2021
Waiting for the retractions by MSM and leftist blue checkmarks ??
— Petar Soldo (@Petar_DRC) April 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/findingvinay/status/1384241112009768966
But if you say that, it just means you’re an insurrectionist who sides with the rioters.
And never forget: House Democrats wrote that “the insurrectionists killed a Capitol Police officer by striking him in the head with a fire extinguisher” in a trial memorandum ahead of President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.
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Officer Brian Sicknick found to have died of natural causes after the storming of the Capitol Building, no indications of injuries https://t.co/uxdCqhIEvN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 19, 2021
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